25th IZA Summer School in Labor Economics
July 15, 2024 - July 19, 2024
IZA

25th IZA Summer School in Labor Economics

July 15, 2024 - July 19, 2024
IZA, Bonn
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Organizers: Jonas Jessen (IZA and IAB), Simon Trenkle (IZA and IAB), Florian Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Event Manager: Dominik Spitza

Faculty




Program

Monday, July 15

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:30

Welcome and Introduction

09:30 - 11:00

Lecture 1

Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley and IZA)
"Layoff Decisions & Managerial Stress"

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee

11:30 - 12:30

Lecture 2

Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley and IZA), Andrew Oswald (University of Warwick)
"Writing Tips"

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Lecture 3

Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich and IZA)
"Obfuscation in Competitive Experimental Markets"

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee

15:30 - 17:30

Office Hours 1

Ernst Fehr (office 9.1.2): Martín Brun, Kate Musen, Elia Benveniste, Erick Baumgartner
Andrew Oswald (office 9.2.2): Taylor Watson, Sona Badalyan, Lisa Marie Timm
Ulrike Malmendier (office 9.1.3): Anna Hasselquist, Christian Kagerl, Sakshi Bardwarj, Justus Bamert
Florian Zimmermann (office 9.2.4): Yoav Goldstein, Sandra Perez Rodriguez, Erika Povea, Carmen Villa

Slots are 30 minutes each and office hours will take place in the order as listed here.

Tuesday, July 16

09:00 - 10:30

Lecture 4

Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich and IZA)
"Social Preferences and Redistributive Politics"

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee

11:00 - 12:30

Poster Session 1

Katja Gehr (University of Würzburg), Valérie von Gleichen (University of Würzburg)
"Polarization, Sorting and the Urban Wage Premium – Insights on German Local Labor Markets"

Sandra Pérez Rodríguez (Maastricht University), Didier Fouarge (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA), Annemarie Künn-Nelen (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA)
"Labor Market Information and Students' Occupational Choice: One-Format-Fits-All? Evidence from a Field Experiment"

Erika Povea (Norwegian School of Economics), Catalina Franco (Norwegian School of Economics)
"Innocuous Exam Features? The Impact of Answer Placement on High-Stakes Test Performance and College Admissions"

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Lecture 5

Andrew J. Oswald (University of Warwick and IZA)
"Wellbeing Analysis for Economists"

15:00 - 21:30

Social Event

  • Departure by bus from IZA to Dernau in the Ahr-Valley

  • Guided Tour along the Red Wine Trail through the Ahr-Valley vineyards

  • Dinner at the monastery “Marienthal”

  • Short presentation on the history of the monastery and its wine

  • Walk through the vineyards to Ahrweiler

  • Transfer from Ahrweiler back to Bonn

Wednesday, July 17

09:00 - 10:30

Lecture 6

Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn and IZA)
"Firms‘ Hiring Behavior"

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee

11:00 - 12:30

Lecture 7

Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn and IZA)
"Firms‘ Hiring Behavior"

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Poster Session 2

Martín Brun (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
"The Complexity of Being Fair"

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee

15:30 - 17:30

Office Hours 2

Stefano DellaVigna (office 9.1.4): Irma Bejdic, Ronak Jain, Kelly Santos, Aiko Schmeißer
Amelie Schiprowski (office 9.1.2): Martin Wiegand, Thimo de Schouwer, Giuseppe di Giacomo, Katja Gehr


Slots are 30 minutes each and office hours will take place in the order as listed here.

Thursday, July 18

09:00 - 10:30

Lecture 8

Jonas Jessen (IZA and IAB), Simon Trenkle (IZA and IAB)
"Unemployment and Unemployment Insurance"

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee

11:00 - 12:30

Poster Session 3

Aiko Schmeißer (University of Potsdam), Johannes Matzat (University of Lucerne)
"Do Unions Shape Political Ideologies at Work?"

Erick Baumgartner (Bocconi University), Raphael Corbi (University of São Paulo), Renata Del Tedesco Narita (PUC-Rio)
"Payroll Tax, Employment and Labor Market Concentration"

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Lecture 9

Florian Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
"Belief Formation"

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee

15:30 - 17:30

Lecture 10

Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
"Behavioral Labor Economics"

18:30

Conference Dinner

Friday, July 19

09:00 - 10:30

Lecture 11

Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
"Behavioral Economics and Public Policy"

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee

11:00 - 12:30

Poster Session 4

Giuseppe Di Giacomo (USI Università della Svizzera Italiana)
"Tourism and Human Capital: Evidence From Italy"

12:30 - 13:30

Farewell Lunch

 

List of Participants

Nikos Askitas (IZA)
Sona Badalyan (CERGE-EI)
Justus Bamert (ETH Zurich)
Erick Baumgartner (Bocconi University)
Irma Bejdic (University of Innsbruck)
Elia Benveniste (Pompeu Fabra University)
Martín Brun (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Thimo De Schouwer (KU Leuven)
Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
Gökay Demir (IZA)
Giuseppe Di Giacomo (USI Università della Svizzera Italiana)
Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich)
Jan Feld (Victoria University of Wellington)
Katja Gehr (University of Würzburg)
Yoav Goldstein (Tel Aviv University)
Valentina Götz (IZA)
Anna Hasselqvist (University of Munich)
Marvin Jonas Immesberger (IZA)
Ronak Jain (Harvard University)
Jonas Jessen (IZA and IAB)
Christian Kagerl (Institute for Employment Research (IAB))
Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley)
Kate Musen (Columbia University)
Andrew J. Oswald (University of Warwick)
Sandra Pérez Rodríguez (Maastricht University)
Erika Povea (Norwegian School of Economics)
Ulf Rinne (IZA)
Kelly Santos (São Paulo School of Economics-FGV)
Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn)
Aiko Schmeißer (University of Potsdam)
Malin Siemers (University of Bonn)
Jason Sockin (IZA)
Lisa Marie Timm (University of Amsterdam)
Simon Trenkle (IZA and IAB)
Martina Uccioli (IZA)
Carmen Villa (University of Warwick)
Taylor Watson (Boston University)
Martin Wiegand (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Florian Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)

Contact

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Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA)

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53113 Bonn, Germany